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Extract the protocol from a full URL, such as https, http, ftp, or mailto.
Use this URL Protocol Extractor to pull the scheme or protocol from a full URL without the host, path, query string, or fragment. It is useful for debugging links, checking whether a URL uses HTTPS, reviewing redirect targets, and quickly inspecting the transport scheme used in copied URLs.
Use this URL Protocol Extractor to pull the scheme or protocol from a full URL without the host, path, query string, or fragment. It is useful for debugging links, checking whether a URL uses HTTPS, reviewing redirect targets, and quickly inspecting the transport scheme used in copied URLs.
Use url protocol extractor when you need a fast browser-based result without extra setup. It works well for quick checks, one-off tasks, and routine formatting or calculation work.
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Input
https://example.com/path?a=1#top
Output
https
Useful when checking whether a link is already secure.
Input
ftp://files.example.com/downloads/report.csv
Output
ftp
The extractor is useful beyond only HTTP and HTTPS.
Fix: Paste a complete URL such as https://example.com so the protocol can be detected.
Fix: This tool returns the protocol name like https, not the full https:// string.
Fix: Add the full scheme first if you need an exact protocol result.
It returns the scheme or protocol from a full URL, such as https, http, ftp, or mailto.
It returns the protocol name only, such as https.
It helps with security review, redirect debugging, and quick checks of whether a URL uses the expected scheme.
Protocol Extractor returns the scheme like https, while Domain Extractor returns the hostname like example.com.
Use this tool when you only need the protocol quickly. Use URL Parser when you want the whole URL split into parts.